Antimony leaching from cot mattresses and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 138-139

  Jenkins, R O ^a   Craig, P J ^a   Goessler, W ^b   Irgolic, K J ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antimony; Cot mattress; Infant death; PVC; SIDS

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; DETERGENT; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; URINE;

ANTIMONY; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0031941297     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032798678908413     Document Type: Article

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